- WBZU
Infobox Radio Station
name = WBZU
city =Scranton, Pennsylvania
area = Scranton/Wilkes-Barre/Hazleton
branding = "WILK Newsradio"
slogan =
airdate = 1925
frequency = 910 kHz (analog)
format =News Radio
power = 900Watt s (day)
440 Watts (night)
class = B
former_callsigns = WGBI
sister_stations =WILK-FM /AM, WKZN
owner =Entercom Communications
licensee = Entercom Wilkes-Barre Scranton, LLC
website = http://www.wilknewsradio|WBZU is a News/Talk
AM broadcasting radio station licensed to the city ofScranton, Pennsylvania . The station currently relays the programming of WILK and the "WILK News Radio" network. WBZU is currently owned by [http://www.entercom.com Entercom Communications] . The radio station's call signs were changed by [http://www.entercom.com Entercom] in 2005 [ [http://www.fybush.com/sites/2005/site-051209.html A selection from a decade of visits to tower and studio sites in the Northeast and beyond ] ] from its long time original call signs of WGBI which the station held since its sign on date of 1925 [ [http://members.aol.com/jeff560/1925am.html U. S. Radio Stations as ofJune 30 ,1925 ] ] .History
WGBI originally signed on the frequency of 1250 kHz in 1925 [ [http://members.aol.com/jeff560/1925am.html U. S. Radio Stations as of
June 30 ,1925 ] ] . In 1927, the station moved to 1300 kHz [ [http://members.aol.com/jeff99500/1927am.html U. S. Radio Stations as ofJune 30 ,1927 ] ] which it time shared with the otherAM broadcasting station located in Scranton at the time WQAN. The two stations which were time sharing a single frequency, moved to 880 kHz in 1931 [ [http://members.aol.com/jeff99500/1930am.html U. S. Radio Stations as ofJune 30 ,1930 ] ] , and then again to 910 kHz by 1941 [ [http://members.aol.com/jeff560/1942am.html U. S. AM Stations as of 1942 ] ] (the later move, forced by a nationwide frequency reassignment which took place in 1941). WGBI remained at 910 kHz when WQAN moved on to its own broadcast tower and new frequency of 630 kHz in 1948. This meant that WGBI had full time use of the 910 kHz frequency where it remains to this day. WGBI was aCBS Radio network affiliated station by the 1940s [ [http://members.aol.com/jeff99500/1949am.html U. S. Network-Affiliated AM Radio Stations, 1949 ] ] .Ironically, WBZU in 2007 recently moved its transmitter to the tower location atop the Times Building at 149 Penn Avenue in downtown Scranton [ [http://www.radio-info.com/smf/index.php/topic,77786.0.html Wow...910am ] ] currently being used by
WEJL 's transmitter. The full time switch over to the new transmitter facility and tower location happened onAugust 2 ,2007 [ [http://www.radio-info.com/smf/index.php/topic,77786.0.html Wow...910am ] ] . This tower sharing arrangement repeats an arrangement the stations shared over 60 years ago in their early history. The efficiency of the new transmitter tower location also caused WBZU to slightly reduce their daytime and nighttime power to keep withinFederal Communication Commission rules on signal strength and coverage.References
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* [http://www.radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/pat?call=WBZU&service=AM&status=L&hours=D WBZU Daytime Signal Coverage Map according to Radio-Locator.com]
* [http://www.radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/pat?call=WBZU&service=AM&status=L&hours=N WBZU Nighttime Signal Coverage Map according to Radio-Locator.com]
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